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...a balanced compromise

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

while Fleet Command is just a real-time "no brain" tactical air-naval warfare, 688 seems to be a more realistic and exciting sub simulator; (actually, I never played F/A-18, so I will not rate it).
So, despite it's not a "state of art" project, the overall pack is a valuable and balanced mixup of action and concrete involvement,
in which the "baby" Fleet Command is effectively pretected by "the great" 688!

Almost too realistic

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

One of the main things soldiers do in the army is drill. My stepfather tells me stories of how, when he was in Germany, all he did was drive around a colonel and play cards.

Enter 688(i) Hunter/Killer, where most of your time is filled by plotting courses, reading manuals, and attempting to pass undetected in open waters. While this is very realistic, it isn't the most exciting game in the world.

Fortunately, 688(i) comes with a "create your own scenario" mode, where you can populate the ocean with cruise ships, fishing boats, and other attack subs to fill with torpedos.

This is an enjoyable game for those who have the time and patience to learn the game.

by far the best simulation pack

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this pack at EB games, it was hard to find by it only costed me 19.99. The F/A-18 simulation is the best of all, excellent graphics, physics and flight model, although it was created years ago. I've played many other flight/sub such as F-18 korea F-18 precision strike fighter, but jane's F/A-18 still porcess the best phyiscs/mission builder/graphics and espically tranning. The foucs of this naval pack is the flight simulator, and it is a must for any combat flight simer. O, it works on win XP too! just get the 2 patches for FA-18.

Fun forever with multiplayer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I haven't played f18 at all and I have played Fleet Command some and it is ok, but 688i is the reason you should buy this pack. It is the best most intense game I have ever played. Not so much in single player, but multiplayer rocks! I've had some GREAT battles that lasted for hours online and some that lasted a few minutes. Nothing beats playing 688i against a real live human being.

Go to Seawolves.com to find some people to play with and that will teach you how to play better too. Its a great online community/family. They also have people to play with in Fleet command and F18 as weel as many other military games.

688 (I)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I don't care about Fleet Comand nor F/A 18; I'm just interested in submarines, and 688(I) is the best sub simulator I've ever seen or played with. Just FANTASTIC, at least for sumarine fanatics like me; I must say that for people used to play action games, 688(I) IS NOT A GAME, but a simulator (and a very real one, indeed), so using it may appears a slow matter or little fun, specially playing real time, with endless aproaches to enemy ships or subs, trying to catch a bit of sound with your passive sonar, hour after hour... THE REAL THING.

It Rocks!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: August 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is an excellent simulation of what the Navy really is like. I myself really enjoyed it and I'm still up for trying the F-18 section of it.

A great Naval warfare collection

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Any 2 of the three games would make this a worthwhile investment at the price. Fleet Command is a simplified, but still engrossing naval strategy game similar to Harpoon. Lots of action - you'll have to pause the game regularly just to check the status of the various activities you've initiated. 688(i) is an excellent sub sim and war game. Knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of your sub and your enemies capabilities are vital - your tactics will change from scenario to scenario. Its not just sink everything in sight.

good but not great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: July 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is ok if your good with keyboard controls. I on one hand had a lot of trouble with F/A 18 688 (i) both those games are flight and submarine sims and there cool but not great. Fleet Command is the third game in the collection and it is fantastic.

In fleet command I really enjoyed controling Navy forces. I really think if you enjoy Simulators you'll love this collection of games.

Complete Naval Warfare

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 23 / 23
Date: April 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I own all the games in this collection and they are all outstanding.

First you have F/A-18.

In F/A-18 it is 2005 and Russia's economy has just collapsed. Loyal Russian Communists have taken over the Murmansk area and are trying to take over the whole country. You are an American F/A-18 pilot, you fly your F/A-18 from the American Carrier C.V.N.-76 Ronald Regan. You have a vast array of weapons at your disposal from Mk-84 Iron bombs, to AGM-84H SLAM cruise missiles to the lastest AIM-9 sidewinder Heat Seeking missile. The graphics are outstanding and the avionics (the radar and all that stuff inside the plane) are modeled to the littlest detail. Determine the fate of Russia - Democracy or Communism!!!

The next title in this package is Fleet Command,

In Fleet Command you play sort of an "admiral." You have an overview of the battlefield and you have various ships, aircraft, and submarines at your disposal. It's a very fun strategy game that models modern naval combat. I suggest you download the excellent WDP mod from at [web site].

The last title is 688(I)

I just recently picked up this title and I have to say it's outstanding. 688(I) models the Los Angeles class attack submarine. You have to command your submarine off hot spots in the world and you have to accomplish certain tasks like intercepting a ship or inserting special forces onto a beach. You get to do sonar tracking. This summer EA is going to release a follow up sim to 688(I) which will include the Los Angeles, Seawolf, and Akula class submarines. For more information about that goto [web site].

Overall this is a great package and I would recommend this to anyone interested in simulation and strategy or the Navy.

For $40.00 you get 3 games this is a steal!!!

Incredibly realistic!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 26 / 27
Date: October 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I bought these games for my husband, who was a sonar tech on a fast attack sub for three years. He was extremely pleased with the realism. If the gameplay is a little difficult to grasp at first, it's because it is VERY realistic. I agree, the graphics are not the best things in the world, but they are good enough that in combination with the realism they're still great games.

To the unknown gamer who asked if he was doing wrong (could not find instruction manual) the manual is on the CD. When you first put the CD in, the computer will open up the initial screen for 688(I) (that is you have autorun activated on your computer). There is a selection for "Manual" that is where you will find the tutorial videos and the FULL manual as a .pdf file (the CD also contains Acrobat reader if you don't have it) which is printable. It is confusing because the only printed elements that come with the set apply to the F/A-18 fighter game, but the manuals to both Fleet Command and 688(I) are on the game CDs.

The tutorial videos are marginally helpful, but you will really have to bone up on reading the manual and the technical information to truly understand the game. There are a lot of physics concepts and such that the game does not automatically do for you for the sake of realism. My husband actually lived through this stuff and he is still progressing slowly. However, don't let that discourage you if you are into simulations. These are great games!

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